Prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina charged Serbian nationalist leader Milorad Dodik on Friday with disobeying an international peace envoy’s decision, punishable by six months to five years in prison, Reuters reported.

Milorad Dodik, President of Republika Srpska, the Serbian entity in Bosnia and HerzegovinaPhoto: – / Sputnik / Profimedia

As president of Republika Srpska, the Serbian entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik has been trying to push for secession for the past two years, Agerpres reports.

Last month he unveiled two laws rejected by the international peace envoy, former German minister Christian Schmidt; he believed they were in violation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constitution and the peace agreement that ended the 1992-1995 conflict that killed about 100,000 people.

One of the laws suspended the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the other blocked the publication in the official gazette of the peace emissary’s decrees.

Along with Dodik, the prosecutor’s office also brought charges against Milos Lukic, the director of the official newspaper.

Dodik’s presidential office responded to the Serbian news agency Srna, saying the president “is accused of following the clear provisions of the Constitution of the Republika Srpska and not allowing anyone or anything to be above the Constitution and laws of the Republika Srpska, especially the decree of an illegitimate foreigner who was not elect”.